6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (242+ words) Southeastern Alameda County was hit with a third wildfire in the past five summer days, with the Vargas Fire between Fremont and Sunol sending smoke into the Tri-Valley on Saturday afternoon. The fire burned approximately 10 acres of mainly dry, vegetative…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (454+ words) A group advocating for a $30-an-hour minimum wage in Alameda County announced Friday that the signatures it collected to place an initiative on the November ballot have been certified by county officials. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office also…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (325+ words) For the first time in program history, an athlete from Tri-Valley REACH 4 T-RADD sports teams has been nominated to compete at the Special Olympics World Games in Chile next year. Track athlete Clarise Walkup received the honor after first-place performances…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (935+ words) I want to express my heartfelt gratitude towards our brave first responders and our fabulous Mayor Jack Balch. I live in a neighborhood that was affected by the fires Tuesday and Mayor Balch personally called and messaged me that our…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (657+ words) The Pleasanton Unified School District is set to pay $60,000 as part of an agreement to resolve the civil rights case brought by a former custodian who said she was illegally fired after requesting accommodations at work during her pregnancy. The…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (253+ words) Three Bay Area youth baseball teams, including one from the Tri-Valley, still have hopes of making it to the Little League World Series when they play in the Northern California regional tournament starting this weekend in Chico. San Ramon Valley…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1079+ words) The campaign season in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District is starting to play out in the way I predicted. Following my column last week rounding up local elections with the candidacy nomination period upon us, I got confirmation…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (606+ words) Wheels, the Tri-Valley’s public transportation service operated by the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority, is hosting a rider appreciation event at the Livermore Transit Center this Monday (July 27) to celebrate the agency’s 40th anniversary. “We want to share our appreciation for…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1290+ words) Where one person’s business ends, another’s begins. This is the case for the wastewater produced at the flushing of a toilet or the running of sinks and showers. Routed from Pleasanton, Dublin and southwest San Ramon, the wastewater travels through…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (402+ words) A full-service butcher shop is set to open next year downtown Livermore. The Traditions Meat Co. storefront is slated to be USDA-inspected, selling freshly cut meats that are non-GMO and sourced locally from animals that have been raised humanely without…...